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NAMES OF VILLAGES AND HAMLETS ON THE ISLAND OF HONGKONG WITH THE NUMBER OF THEIR ESTIMATED POPULATION,
HONGKONG is an island included by the Chinese government within the district of Sin'an (Sun-on) hien; and was till lately under the immediate jurisdiction of the Magistrate of that district, whose direct superior is the Prefect of Kwangchow foo. Each province of China is divided into a number of foo, 'departments,' or prefectures, and each foo comprises several hien, or districts. Thus the province of Kwangtung comprises ten foo or departments, subdivided into seventy-two districts; (there are some few excepted districts, under slightly different jurisdiction, but they do not need to be here noticed;) of these foo, Kwangchow foo is the chief in the province; (it includes the city of Canton), and comprises 14 districts, the names of which are here subjoined.
Nanhai hien-the eastern division of the city and surrounding country including Fushan,
Pwanyu hien, the western division including Whampoa and First and Second Bars.
Tungkwan hien,-reaching from First Bar (on the eastern bank of the river only) to below the Bogue.
Shunte hien, reaching from a little below Canton, along the inner passages to the western side of the Bogue.
Sin'an hien, from a little below the Bogue, to seaward, including Liuting, Lantao, Hongkong, &c.
Hiangshan hien, from Shunte, southward to the sea, including Macao.
These six are the central districts of the department, and the only ones commonly known by Europeans. Northward from the city of Canton, are the districts of Lungmun hien, Tsunghwa hien, Hwa hien, and Sanshui hien, extending in a line, in the order named, from east to west; and above them, farther to the north is Tsingyuen hien. Southward from the first two, and forming the eastern flank of the department, is Tsengching hien; on the western flank is Sinning hien, and between it and Hiangshan, is Sinhwui hien, which includes the large port (for native vessels) called Kongmoon; these last named both reach to the seacoast; Sanshui and Tsingyuen comprise portions of the northern river, by which all officers and dispatches arrive from
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